Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35256, Ellis Dowlf, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dowf, Ellis
S 35256
CONTENTS

13.279
District of Maine
Ellis Dowlf
of St. George in the state of D of Ma who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Alden of the Mapachus line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 23 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Thatchers Thomaston D of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  83. 16    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819  48. 00    10 Mo \frac{8}{30} \frac{4}{31}      $131. 16  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
1 August 1820. Thomaston, Maine Ebenezer Thatchers

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, Nov r 9 th 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Ellis Dolph served as a Soldier in Capt. Reed's Company, and Col. Brooks' Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jany 10 th 1777 to Decr. 31— 1779, being two years and eleven months & 21 days - when he hired a man to take his place
Wlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Regt. was commanded by Col. Alden in 1777 & 1778 — The man's name is sometimes spelled with a w. Duolf — W. Bradford —

Ellis Donohue

I Ellis Dowt of St George in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts aged sixty five testify & Declare that about the 1 st of February AD 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the American Revolutionary War in Captain John Reed's Company & Colonel Niles Regiment afterwards commanded by Col Brooks in the Massachusetts line & Continental establishment that I continued to serve actually & faithfully in said Company & Regiment against the common enemy from said time of enlistment until the last of December 1779 - at which time I received an honorable discharge I think from Lieutenant Colonel Stacey at Albany in the state of New York that I was in the battles at the taking of General Burgoyne - that I am in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from my Country for support I have never received any pension & hereby relinquish all claim to any prior to the present time - & hereby respectfully ask to be placed on the pension list of the United States by virtue of the Act of Congress of March 1 st 1810 entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" J. M. Gowen

Elias Dowlf
13. 279
Esther
Sept. 1819

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the tenth  twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Ebenr. Thatcher a Judge of C.C.C. Pleas D Eastern circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Ellis Dowlf aged Sixty eight years, resident in S. George in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. John Reed in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alden in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty third day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13279 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ellis Dowlf
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Ebenr. Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Two cows two swine Farming tools half a plough One pair old cart wheels, One shovel & hoe Furniture - five old chairs One pine table three chests - Sundry cooking utensils worth five dollars - Ellis Dowlf
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ellis Dowlf who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of Sickness having been confin'd to my house considerable part of my time this year past.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Katharine 57 years Sickly and unable to labour   An orphan child 4 years in health   An orphan child 1 year in health    Ellis Dowlf
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Fifty five dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

35 256
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Ellis Dooff
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Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ellis Dowlf St George — Maine Mass line 7 Regm t Col Alden 1 Jan 77 — 3 yrs
On the Roll Dolph Ellis — Enl d Reduced — Desc d 1 Mar 78 — joined Discharged 26 July 80 Admitted
23 Ap St George

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Colin Dowd , a citizen of the United States, now resident in St George , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the 23 d day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed , this first day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  nineteen .
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this  day of  in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and 
Evidence of the Subscriber's official authority as a Judge of a Court of Record is on file in the office of the War Department - from the Office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
E Thatcher

Christopher Storer of the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts, testify & say, I am acquainted with Elias Dawolf, none of the George aforesaid than I knew him to be a soldier in the Revolution War So called in the Continental establishments, in the year 1777. That I was a soldier in said Service at that time and knew him to continue in said Service for a year or more, and that he belonged to Col. Heaton's Regiment I think - Chris Storer
State of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. Dec 23. 1818. Personally appeared Chris- topher Storer, and made solemn oath, that the above statement by him subscribed is true -
Before me D. S. Fales, Just Peace
State of Massachusetts
County of Lincoln ss. June 1-1819
I certify that Christopher Storer who has subscribed the above Deposition is a credible witness & that D. S. Fales Esquire before whom said Deposition was taken is an authorized magistrate in the County of State aforesaid duly qualified to act as such
Robert Thatcher one of the Justices of the Peace for the 2 d Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dowling, Andrew GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7088 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 3, 1791 To Phineas Knapp, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.